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Arts Administration and Arts Entrepreneurship

Minor in Arts Entrepreneurship

Launching a gallery?

Creating an online business that links composers and investors?

If so, the minor in arts entrepreneurship might be for you!

This 6-course minor provides an overview of how to develop and launch a new arts venture, either for-profit or nonprofit. No prerequisites required.

  Credit Hours
Required courses 12
AMAE 3301 Intro to Arts Management 
AMAE 3305 Arts Budgeting and Financial Management 
AMAE 3387 Attracting Capital: Donors, Investors and Public Funds 
AMAE 4390 Developing an Arts Venture Plan: Legal, Strategic and Practical Issues
One course from the following list: 3

ADV 2374 Survey of Advertising 
ADV 3391 Creative Production
ADV 4317 Consumer Behavior
ADV 4318 Interactive Advertising
ADV 4365 Social Media Marketing
ADV 4382 Integrated Marketing Communication
AMAE 3322 Marketing the Arts
COMM 3355 Intro to Public Relations

One course from the following list (some subject to instructor approval): 3
AMAE 3370 Entrepreneurship and the Arts
ASAG 3350 Art Colloquium - New York 
COMM 3360 Management Communication
COMM 5302 Topics: Communication Consulting 
FILM 4316 Producers Seminar
Total Hours 18 

Not every class is offered every semester. Visit access.smu.edu to find out when courses will be offered.

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